Part Ⅰ Landscape Ecology and Forest Management

Chapter 1 Managing Forest Landscapes under Global Change Scenarios

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Forest management

1.3 New challenges in a changing globe

1.4 Landscape ecology contributions

1.5 Conclusion remarks

References

Chapter 2 Landscape Ecology Contributions to Forestry and Forest Management in China:Progresses and Research Needs

2.1 Introduction

2.2 China's forestry and forest management

2.3 Challenges and emerging global issues in forestry

2.4 Contributions of landscape ecology to forest management and conservation

2.5 Research needs for forest landscape management

2.6 Concluding remarks

Acknowledgements

References

Chapter 3 Issues Facing Forest Management in Canada,and Predictive Ecosystem Management Tools for Assessing Possible Futures

3.1 A brief history of forestry in Canada

3.2 Canada's lands and forests

3.3 Issues facing forestry in Canada today

3.4 How can Canadian forestry respond to these and other issues?One way is ecosystem management modeling

3.5 Conclusions

References

Part Ⅱ Modeling Disturbance and Succession in Forest LandscapesChapter 4 Challenges and Needs in Fire Management:A Landscape Simulation Modeling Perspective

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Simulation modeling in fire management

4.3 Technical challenges in fire management modeling

4.4 A fire management simulation example

4.5 Research and management needs and solutions

4.6 Summary

References

Chapter 5 Using Landscape Disturbance and Succession Models to Support Forest Management

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Overview of landscape disturbance and succession models

5.3 Case studies

5.4 General conclusions

5.5 Future of LDSMs in decision-making

Acknowledgements

References

Chapter 6 Research Methods for Assessing the Impacts of Forest Disturbance on Hydrology at Large-scale Watersheds

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Definition of large-scale watersheds

6.3 Quantification of forest disturbance

6.4 Research methods on assessing impacts of forest disturbance on hydrology at large-scale watersheds

6.5 Future directions

6.6 Conclusions

Acknowledgements

References

Chapter 7 Software Applications to Three-Dimensional Visualization of Forest Landscapes—A Case Study Demonstrating the Use of Visual Nature Studio(VNS)in Visualizing Fire Spread in Forest Landscapes

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Forest landscape visualization

7.3 Results and discussion

7.4 Conclusion

7.5 Future wildfire visualization research

Acknowledgements

References

Chapter 8 Predicting Tree Growth Dynamics of Boreal Forest in Response to Climate Change

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Materials and methods

8.3 Results

8.4 Discussion

8.5 Conclusions

Acknowledgements

References

Part Ⅲ Emerging Approaches in Forest Landscape Conservation

Chapter 9 The Next Frontier:Projecting the Effectiveness of Broad-scale Forest Conservation Strategies

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Template project:Wild Rivers Legacy Forest and Two Hearted River Watershed

9.3 Conclusions and implications:Pushing the frontier

References

Chapter 10 Forest Avian Species Richness Distribution and Management Guidelines under Global Change in Mediterranean Landscapes

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Material and methods

10.3 Results and discussion

10.4 Concluding remarks and forest management guidelines

Acknowledgements

References

Chapter 11 Development of a Forest Network System to Improve the Zoning Process:A Case Study in Japan

11.1 Background of the Japanese forest policy and methodological problems

11.2 State of the public participation

11.3 How to improve the current zoning process

11.4 On the effective use of social backgrounds and evaluation

11.5 Experts vs.the general public

11.6 Perspectives of the future

References

Chapter 12 Forest Fragmentation:Causes,Ecological Impacts and Implications for Landscape Management

12.1 Fragmentation:A plenitude of definitions

12.2 Demographic development and anthropogenic activity as drivers of fragmentation

12.3 Empirical evidences of the impact of fragmentation on biodiversity

12.4 Implications for landscape management—conclusions

Acknowledgements

References

Part Ⅳ Practicing Sustainable Forest Landscape Management

Chapter 13 Application of Landscape and Habitat Suitability Models to Conservation:The Hoosier National Forest Land-management Plan

13.1 Introduction

13.2 Methods

13.3 Results

13.4 Discussion

13.5 Recommendations for future planning efforts

Acknowledgements

References

Chapter 14 Agriculture Abandonment,Land-use Change and Fire Hazard in Mountain Landscapes in Northeastern Portugal

14.1 Introduction

14.2 Methodology

14.3 Results

14.4 Discussion

14.5 Implications for management

14.6 Conclusion

Acknowledgements

References

Chapter 15 Overview of Biodiversity Loss in South America:A Landscape Perspective for Sustainable Forest Management and Conservation in Temperate Forests

15.1 Introduction

15.2 The biological importance of the native temperate forests of South America

15 3 Threats to native forests

15.4 Forest management and conservation strategies:A response to native forests'threats

15.5 Management solutions:Modeling dynamics of forest ecosystems

15.6 Conclusions

References

Chapter 16 Conservation of Biodiversity in Managed Forests:Developing an Adaptive Decision Support System

16.1 Introduction

16.2 Methods

16.3 Results

16.4 Discussion

Acknowledgements

References

Appendix

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